Guide to the Royal Opera House : programs and related material collected by the National Library of Australia

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EPH PROMPT.Royal Opera House

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Created: 2023

Collection Summary

Title
Royal Opera House : programs and related material collected by the National Library of Australia
Date Range
1946-
Collection Number
EPH PROMPT.Royal Opera House
Extent
1 collection
Language of Materials
English
Repository
Printed Collections

Introduction

Scope and Contents

Material in the Australian performing arts programs and ephemera (PROMPT) collection consists of programs and related items of the Royal Opera House including theatre programs of various Australian performers.

The Royal Opera is a company based in central London, resident at the Royal Opera House, in Covent Garden. Along with the English National Opera, it is one of the two principal opera companies in London. The company was founded in 1946 as the Covent Garden Opera Company, and it was known by that title until 1968. Since its inception, it has shared the Royal Opera House with the dance company now known as The Royal Ballet (see separate PROMPT file). The Library's Royal Opera PROMPT file contains programs relating to performances featuring Australians.

The list is based on imperfect holdings and is updated over time as gaps in the Library's holdings are filled.

Physical Description Note
1 collection.

Item Descriptions

Class. Material received before 2023 - Box 1

Class. Material received 2023 onwards - Box 1

The Covent Garden Opera Trust present Carmen, Thursday, February 20th, 1947 (Item 2023/1) - Box 1

Physical Description Note

1 program

Starring Australian performer, Kenneth Neate as Don José.

Davis Theatre, Croydon, the Covent Garden Opera Trust present the Covent Garden Opera in Rigoletto, a tragic opera in four acts, October 13th, 1947 (Item 2023/2) - Box 1

Physical Description Note

1 program

Starring Australian performer, Kenneth Neate as the Duke of Mantua.

The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, the Covent Garden Opera Trust present Rigoletto, a tragic opera in four acts, Tuesday, November 25th, 1947 (Item 2023/3) - Box 1

Physical Description Note

1 program

Opera season 1947. Starring Australian performer, Kenneth Neate as the Duke of Mantua.

The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, the Covent Garden Opera Trust present La Traviata, Tuesday, 20th April, 1948 (Item 2023/4) - Box 1

Physical Description Note

1 program

Opera season 1948. Starring Australian performer, Kenneth Neate as Armand Duval, his friend.

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, The Covent Garden Opera Trust present the Covent Garden Opera La Traviata, Sunday evening, 18th December, 1948 (Item 2023/5) - Box 1

Physical Description Note

1 program

Opera season 1948. Starring Australian performer, Kenneth Neate as Armand Duval, his friend.

Royal Opera House, Convent Garden, The Covent Garden Opera Trust present the Covent Garden Opera the Magic flute, Tuesday 1st March, 1949 (Item 2023/6) - Box 1

Physical Description Note

1 program

Opera season 1949. Starring Australian performer, Kenneth Neate as Tamino, an Egyptian Prince.

Royal Opera House, Convent Garden, The Covent Garden Opera Trust present the Covent Garden Opera Madam Butterfly, Thursday, 16th February, 1950 (Item 2023/7) - Box 1

Physical Description Note

1 program

Opera season 1950. Starring Australian performer, Kenneth Neate as Lieutenant F. B. Pinkerton, U.S. Navy.

The 27th performance at the Royal Opera House of the Tales of Hoffmann, opera in three acts, Friday, 29th October, 1954 (Item 2023/8) - Box 1

Physical Description Note

1 program

Opera season 1954. Starring Australian performer, Raymond Nilsson as Andres, servant of Stella.

The 14th performance at the Royal Opera House of Troilus and Cressida, opera in three acts, Friday, 30th December, 1955 (Item 2023/9) - Box 1

Opera season 1955. Starring Australian performer, Raymond Nilsson as Pandarus, brother of Calkas.

The 279th performance at the Royal Opera House of La Bohème, opera in four acts, Thursday, 25th April, 1957 (Item 2023/10) - Box 1

Opera season 1957. Starring Australian performer, Raymond Nilsson as Rudolph, a poet.

The 31st performance at the Royal Opera House of Elecktra, opera in one act, Wednesday, 27th November, 1957 (Item 2023/11) - Box 1

Starring Australian performer, Raymond Nilsson as a young servant.

The 113th performance at the Royal Opera House of der Rosenkavalier, comedy for music in three acts, Monday, 1st December, 1958 (Item 2023/12) - Box 1

Physical Description Note

Starring Australian performer, Raymond Nilsson as Valzacchi, an intriguer.
1 program

The 65th performance at the Royal Opera House of Parsifal, "a sacred festival play" (Bühnenweihfestspiel) in three acts, Monday, 1st June, 1959 (Item 2023/13) - Box 1

Physical Description Note

Starring Australian performer, Raymond Nilsson as the fourth esquire
1 program

Das Rheingold, Friday May, 3rd 1935 at 8.30 (Item 2023/14) - Box 1

Physical Description Note

1 program.

Cast includes: Rudolf Bockelmann, Arnold Matters, Henry Wendon, Hans Clemens, Eduard Habich, Hanns Fleischer, Alexander Kipnis, and others.

Lohengrin by Wagner, Monday, April 29th, at 7 (Item 2023/14) - Box 1

Physical Description Note

1 program.

Cast includes: Alexander Kipnis, Max Hirzel, Lotte Lehmann, Herbert Janssen, Elisabeth Ohms, Arnold Matters, and Leo Kersley.

Royal Opera Covent Garden, London and Provincial Opera Society Season, Thursday June 24th, 1937 at 8, World Premiere of Goossens' Opera, Don Juan De Manara, Thursday June 24th 1937 (Item 2023/15) - Box 1

Physical Description Note

1 program

Cast includes Australian opera singers: Mae Craven, Elsa Stenning, Harold Williams, and John Dudley.

The Royal Opera, The Big Screen Live Relay of Fedora, 19 May 1994 (Item 2023/16) - Box 1

Physical Description Note

1 program

Information on opera with biographies on cast and crew. Cast features Australian performer Jonathan Summers as De Siriex.

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Opera Season 1951, 1951 (Item 2023/17) - Box 1

Physical Description Note

1 program

Program lists the performaces of the 1951 season along with a detailed program for the performance of Aida on the 29th October 1951. Cast includes Australian soprano Rosina Raisbeck.

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Opera Season 1948, 6th February 1948 (Item 2023/18) - Box 1

Physical Description Note

1 program

Program for the performace of Rigoletto on Friday 6th February 1948. Cast includes Australian performers Kenneth Neate, and Rosina Raisbeck.

Royal Opera House Covent Gardens in association with The Linbury Trust, The Friends of Covent Garden, and The Royal Opera House Trust, present a schools' matinee of Don Pasquale, 1979 (Item 2023/19) - Box 1

Physical Description Note

1 program

Program contains synopsis, images, and cast biographies. Cast includes Australian performer Jonathan Summers.

Norma / Royal Opera House Convent Garden, Thursday 25 June 1970 (Item 2023/20) - Box 1

Physical Description Note

1 program.

The 323rd performance at the Royal House of Norma, opera in two acts. Words by Felice Romani based on Louis Alexandre Soumet's tragedy of the same name, music by Vincenzo Dellini (Property of G. Ricordi & Co.), conductor Richard Bonynge, producer Sandro Sequi, scenery and costumes by Pier Luigi Pizzi. Copy of program signed by various performers.


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